Bloomers



L LESSON Jan. 13, 1925.

BLOOMERSY Filed May 28, 1923 Patented .llan. 113, i925.

ISADORE LESSON, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

tartan ore-ion BLOOMERS. I

Application filed May 28,

To all whom it may-concern: v i

Be it known that I, ISADORE Lesson, also known as IsAnoRE L. LE sAvoY, a citizen of Russia, and residentof Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsyl- Vania, have invented a new and useful.Improvement in Bloomers; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description thereof. My invention relates to bloomers and a a method of making same.

I The object of my invention is to provide a'bloomer made of two pieces so cut that the anatomy covered thereby,wh1le at the wlren sewed together down the middle to p form the body'and, leg-portions, the rear half will have greater fullness than the front thereby giving greater freedom in sitting or when the legs arestretched, and thus relieving the strain onthe crotch, anddoing away with the gussetheretofore generally employed as a 'reenforcement at the crotch. .111 the drawings Fig. 1 is a view of the last two sections of the material cut from the pattern from which the bloomers are made; Fig. 2 is a view of the two sections superposed and stitched along front and back; Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the rear stitched and one leg, the other seetion-remaining fiat; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thebloomers, and Fig. 5 is a like view. of the position of the bloomers with t the legs stretched.

The sections of material 1 and 2 are out front a pattern, the top edges 3 being inclined downwardly from the rear corner 4 the front corner 5. The "rearedgta has the upper curved portion 6 which merges with the lower curved portion 7 at the point 8, saidupper curve 6 being longer than the r lower curve 7. At the front edge there are the curved portions 9 and 10 mergingat the front '11, the upper curve 9 being likewise longer; than the lower. 1

v To form the bloomers the-sections 1 and ,2 of inaterial are brought together and sewed along the rear curved edges 6 forming the seam 12 at the middle of the bloomers in the rear. The section 1 is then folded over and the lower curved edges 7 and 10 are sewed together to form one of the legs,.as-

shown inFig. 3. The edges 9 are then sewed at the legs' ma'nner from rear seam 12 from chafing,

1923. Serial No. 1541,996

together to form the front seam 13 at the middle of the bloomers and in line with the rear seamj12. The second leg is finished by sewing'together the two edges 7 and 10 of section 2.

- To completethe bloomers the dsu'al elastics 114 are .employed at thewaist line and VVlien made up in the above the sections out as above the will be longer than the front seam 13, as clearly indicated in Figs. 4: and 5,; thereby giving more material in the seat for giving greater freedom for that part of same time permitting of the le ,s being stretched to the position shown in Fig. 5

without undrie strain at the crotch, so that no gusset-piece is required at that As will sections are of such length that the seam 12 joining them will extend beyond the'crotch line to the front of the body of the wearer and the front seam 13-is considerably shorter than the distance from the waistline to the crotch line. This arrangement not only removes some of the seams from the crotch line but provides a fullness at such line and a capacity to yield under stresses, as when point.

the bloomers are extended asshown in Fig. i

5, which yielding capacity would not be possible if the cross seam whichis practically unyielding, were directly at the crotch line. y improvedvbloomers give. stout people comfort, ease of movement and freedom 'while those who indulge in athletics or dancing have greater freedom of movement, and all without liability of tearing at the crotch.

As there are onlytwo pieces composing the bloomers the amount of sewing required is reduced to a minimum and the cost of manufacture! greatly reduced, as well as a saving in material. v

What I claim is: v

A bloomer made of two pieces of material, each cut with thetop edge sloping to the front dge, the rear edge of each of said pieces aving two curved portions meeting at a point, the upper longer than the lower and of concave forrn, the front edge having curved portions meeting at a point, the upappear from Fig, 5 the rear upper said curved portions, the upper reancnrved portions of said sections being of such length that the seam joining them extends beneath and to the front of the body of'the wearer and the upper front curved portions of said sections being of such length that when joined their seam is lniltel'litll) shorter than the normal distance from the waistline to the crotch line of the wearer.

In testimony whereof I, the said ISADORE Lnssox, have hereunto 'set my hand.

YISADORE Lesson. 

